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Did you know that you can embed comments made on Blogged to your own blog?  That’s right, you can.

Let’s say you start a discussion in the Chatter tab and it has a good discussion going. You can take those comments and embed them on your blog and the comments will update in real time. It’s pretty easy. Here’s how:

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We want everyone at Blogged to discuss, give opinions, and engage in good old fashion debates on news. However, we do have some rules that we would like you to follow.

When commenting …. Don’t:

• Don’t post irrelevant links. Don’t use the comments thread to advertise your blog, or any blog.
• Don’t add off topic comments. Stick to what is being discussed in the thread.
• Don’t promote yourself. Comments such as “Hi, follow me” are off topic and will be deleted.

• Don’t use excessive profanity. Yes, sometimes you get mad, but don’t drop the F-word, M-word, the S-word just because you’re upset at the story or someone’s opinion.
• DON’T USE ALL CAPS! It’s not not only considered shouting, but it’s rude, annoying and hard to read.
• Don’t harass other users. Any comments that are directed at a Blogged user that are personal attacks, will be deleted. Don’t call people idiot or dumb just because they have a different opinion. Try and play nice.

• Don’t harass the Blogged staff. That goes for the Blogged users you see on the site all the time.
• Don’t post Hate Speech.  Hateful speech targeted at a group of people, individual, or organization will not be allowed.
• Don’t post repetitive comments. Don’t comment the same thing on a bunch of different stories in a row.

• Don’t post any private information about yourself or others (i.e. email, phone numbers, etc.) If you want to get in contact with a user, send them a Private Message.
• Don’t discuss issues with the site in the comments. If you are having a problem with your blog or account, contact support@blogged.com
• Don’t encourage others to join in on harassing, trolling or spamming users or the site.
• Don’t abuse the “Start a Discussion” tool. If you want to share a post from your blog, that’s great, but posting 20 in a row is overdoing it. Not only does it spam the Chatter tab, but it turns people off your blog.

Finally, we reserve the right to delete any comment we feel has violated any of these rules.

We would like the discussion of news on Blogged to be enjoyable for everyone.

The Home tab is where you will find all the latest news stories posted on Blogged. You can sort stories by category, which include:   Sports, Technology, Business, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Humor, Politics and World News.

• Hot Topics shows you the most popular stories being discussed.
• Followed Blogs shows you the latest postings from blogs you have decided to follow. It’s  a great way to read all your favorite blogs all in one place.
• My Blogs shows you the latest postings your your blog (make sure to claim and verify yourself as the author).

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The Settings tab is the control center for your Blogged account.  Here you can choose how public you want to make your profile, manage notifications and your claimed blog.

Managing Email Notifications & Privacy Settings:

When you create an account, notifications are automatically checked. When any activity takes place on your account, you will receive a notification to the email address you submitted. Here, you can select what notifications you would like to receive and  if you don’t want to receive any notifications, just uncheck the box.

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Share your posts with other Blogged users.  It’s quick and easy.

Just go to the Chatter tab and on the top right you’ll see the Start a Discussion tool:

You can also add a picture from your computer with your article.  Try it out.

There’s a lot of following going on in Blogged.

There are two ways users can follow you. They can either follow the comments you make on the stories posted or they can follow postings of your blog.

By default you are following four Blogged staff members just to get you started (you can remove them if you want). You can see the number of followers you and your blog have in the Home tab:

These stats tell you:

• How many people are following your comments
• How many people’s comments you are following
• How many people are following your blog
• How many blogs you are following.

You can always manage your Followers in the Find People tab and the blogs you follow in the Follow Blogs tab.

Here at Blogged we want everyone to chat and share their opinions on the news of the day. But let’s face it, there are some people you would rather not interact with on Blogged.  That’s where the Block feature on Blogged comes in handy.

It’s pretty simple.

Find the person you want to block. Click on their name and you’ll get this:

Click on Block User and you won’t see any of their comments or activity and they won’t be able to see yours. It will also prevent them from following you or sending you private messages.

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If your blog is in our directory make sure you claim it and verify yourself as the author. By claiming your blog, you’ll be able to easily request changes to its URL, description, title, keywords, screen shot and category. You’ll also be able to link the blog to your Blogged profile.

All you’ll have to do is put a small verification widget on your blog’s homepage that looks like this:

You can get the verification widget one of two ways:

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You can also share all or some of your story comments on Twitter as well.

Here’s how:

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